Villa Stiassni — Attraction in okres Brno-město

The Villas are really interesting and highly recommend to visit especially if you are interested in architecture and interior design. This one in particular was open on Mondays when the rest are closed. Downside of this was the tour which is mandatory in order to enter in the house. The exhibition room was closed. It was in Czech so felt completely segregated because the guide didn't speak any English at all for questions. Also I had been waiting for around 10min in order to enter in the house without apologies or sorry. Also the tour finished early. Technically it was around 1 hour but it was a little bit more than an half. At the end we passed though rooms quickly practically without explanation. Should show more respect for foreigners tourists as the place is not easy to reach. Buy a ticket in advance or language barrier are not excuses for a...

A unique building that combines purism (a more relaxed form of functionalism if you will), with historicizing interiors. Ernst Wiesner designed the building and the surroundings, while miss Stiassni invited Franz Wilfert to finish the interiors in a castle/palace-like style. Nowhere would you find such a fascinating combinations of the two styles. The renovation went very well. Due to many paintings of Hermine Stiassni, we know quite precisely what it looked like. This villa is not that well known like Tugendhat but it might be even more interesting. It is definitely a larger complex. Definitely...

Tenderly restored and maintained as an icon of Ernst Wiesner the architect, its era and history. Its charming and reasonably priced café, named after Ernst (in the memory of his much loved Esplanade Cafe where the concert hall which now replaces it), is very welcome on hot days like today after the steep climb on foot from Pisarki. The extensive gardens are also splendid, home to the Museum of Architecture. If only it were easier to identify the correct bus or tram...